Monday, February 14, 2011

It's still the most beautiful console ever released, isn't it? Well, hardware design taste aside, the home version of the Neo Geo, its AES variant, was a ridiculously powerful and equally expensive machine, that even today remains a perfect 2D gaming collector's machine. You can bid on this boxed Neo Geo AES and find out why by yourselves. Seller ships worldwide, and the included games are Fatal Fury Special, Samurai Showdown, Samurai Showdown II and Art of Fighting 2.

This was a dream for anyone back then, but some cartridges were so expensive... and things remained the same (or even got worse) years later! I had the luck to play with it, though, and really was something amazing, until someone invented something called "The Supergun". Still, a respectable (and rich) collector should really try to have one.

Most definitely a thing of beauty. 20 years later, I finally own one, and it feels every bit as awesome as I assumed it would. I got lucky when I scored mine. I got it locally for $200 with two controllers, A Phantom-1 converter (they had no idea what it was, and I played stupid.), and a King of Fighters 2002 mvs cart. It had been sitting in a cardboard box for years at the local used game shop, I think they pretty much forgot they had it. I sold the Phantom-1 and KOF02 on ebay for a total of $180. Mmmm.. Delicious $20 Neo Geo. I'm not trying to brag, just illustrating there are still some deals out there if you poke around in cardboard boxes.